winter habitat

Ferruginous Hawks in Utah

By Mia McPherson|December 26th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ferruginous Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, agricultural, birds of prey, breeding habitat, Buteo regalis, Buteos, deserts, Ferruginous Hawk, flat, foothills, grasslands, hawks, Hawks of Utah, largest buteo, migration habitat, raptors, rolling, sagebrush steppe, saltbush-greasewood, shrublands, terrain, winter habitat, year round|

Knowing what kind of habitat Ferruginous Hawks prefer during all four seasons here in northern Utah can increase the chances of finding them year round.

Whimbrels and Long-billed Curlews

By Mia McPherson|February 27th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Whimbrels|Tags: adult, bill length, bird identification, comparison, curlew, curlews, differences, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, sandpipers, shorebirds, Whimbrel, whimbrels, winter habitat|

When I lived in Florida I was able to see and photograph two of our largest North American shorebirds during winter which are Whimbrels and Long-billed Curlews.